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Development Economics

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ISBN: 978-1-557-86706-3

April 1996

Wiley-Blackwell

312 pages

Description

Development Economics is designed for advanced undergraduate economic development and international economics course.

The text is exceptional in that it provides more continuity between the methods of development economics and other fields of economics.

The text is a framework for the study of development theory. Because development theory is based on the microeconomics of household and firm choice, students will be familair with the methods of economics used. It also illustrates extensions of standard economic theory to development economics using graphical and mathematiclal expositions.

About the Author
Richard Grabowski is in the Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA.
Features
* More analytical than the competition.
* Contains most comprehensive citations of recent literature.
* Abundance of Japanese examples which provide a global distinction.
* Presents rational decision making as an organizational framework.
* Uses mathematical and graphical methods to explain theory.
* Includes a comprehensive treatment of population and development and the theory of state and development.